• born in 1955;
• studied Biology and Geography at the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany;
• 1992-2001: Lecturer at the Institute of Biology Didactics, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen;
• 2001-2012: Professor at the Technische Universität in Dortmund, Germany;
• since 2012: Professor at the University of Justus-Liebig-Giessen, Director of the Institute of Biology Didactics;
• since 1991: co-editor of the journal “MNU” (mathematics and science teaching);
• since 2008: member of the scientific board, “GWUP” (German Sceptics Association);
• since 2014: member of the editorial board of the journal “Biologie Lehren und Lernen – Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Biologie” (Biology Didactics);
• since 2015: member of the working group “Evolutionary Biology” of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina;
• author/editor of several scientific and popular scientific books;

For publications see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dittmar_Graf